Joiners - Work Diary & Progression

Evaluation:

In this lesson we were given the task of making a composite; this meant we had to photograph objects, or people and create a big image, using lots of smaller ones. This was interesting as it was something different to do, as we used photoshop a lot more when creating these joiner images. We could create our joiners using objects, or people. 

A photo I like:

I like this image as the edges of the stairs are still almost straight lines, therefore the image is not too abstract but you can tell it has clearly been edited. I like the different colours of the stairs, where some are darker and others are lighter, from the different angles I photographed them at. 

A photo I don't like:

I do not like this image as one of the squares are a different colour to the rest of the red squares. Furthermore, there's gaps in the image. To avoid this I could have photographed more images in order to bulk out the image and prevent there from being gaps. 

Progression:
I found it quite hard to actually join the images together themselves, as I didn't want them to appear too abstract, or too neat. This was an issue as I therefore didn't complete many as they took me a long time. If I was to recreate these images then I would vary my tone, colour (black and white) to vary my images further. 

Joiners - Straight Images

I then experimented by changing some of the above images into black and white in order to vary my editing approaches:

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Joiners Image Bank

I like this image as it paints London in a different light. The red bus on the left hand side catches your eye, in comparison to the dull and gloomy background. It's evident that the images are all taken at the same moment in the day. I would like to recreate an image like this in London, however London is usually busy and would be hard to create a joiner as the images would all be different due to the various people moving around in the images, I do not think it'd fit together well overall. 

I like this image as it exposes various angles of the face. This allows you to gain almost a 360 view of the mans face, and his various expressions within this. All of the individual images fit together effectively. I would like to try and recreate this image by photographing an individual at various angles, with them holding a variety of expressions. 

I like this image of the sky as clouds are random naturally, therefore the joiners compliment this as they make the image appear more abstract. The tree in the bottom right corner gives you perspective over the whole image. You can see that these photographs are taken at the same time during the day, in one of my images I could recreate this but photographing the images at various times during the day, to show change in one photograph. 

This is a different type of image associated with joiners, as the shape of the image itself is made from the boxes. This is an interesting image as the random splurges of colour make it more captivating. The tree is weathered and old, it also has no leaves which allows us to infer it's in the autumn/winter season. The images that are placed together are organised and all of the same size, I would like to attempt to recreate this in my joiners. 

This image appears extremely abstract, due to the lines not being linear and instead being random, and not quite fitting together perfectly. This interests me as it almost adds another dimension to the image, and makes you question what the photograph is actually of as a whole. The black lines contrast well with the blue sky. 

This image appears to be creepy due to the stairs being random and unorganised. This creates a sense of the unknown as the stairs obtain no pattern or structure. In addition, this image appears to be layered as the stairs overlap, when they're stereotypically meant to be straight and organised. 

Joiners Definition

Joiner photography- Where a whole image is made from numerous overlapping photographs. 

To create a joiner photograph, you typically stand in one place and take photos in a panoramic fashion, turning from right to left. You can create  abstract images using joiner photography. Joiners are used in order o add another perception onto reality, and create abstract approaches to images. Prior to the technology invented joiners were initially made using polaroid cameras, and physically sticking them together, however now we have tools such s photoshop, whereby we can digitally put them together. 

David Hockney- 

This is an image photographed by David Hockney of his mother, this image is extremely interesting as it highlights various angles of her face. This allows you to almost get a 3D approach to the ladies face, as it's as thought you're standing all around her face. 

This is another of Hockney's creations, this is a different take on joiner photography as the cubed pictures do not overlap. I like this image, however I am not a fan of the gaps between the images, as it creates a grid-like appeal of structure, whereas I prefer more freely organised images.


Inspiration:

The above image is one I could photograph of an urban landscape. This image has used wide shots, and a few of these to create the overall image. 

This image is different from the one above as there's more images, which are smaller than the shots above. This image has been built up more than the image above it. This image is a square itself, whereas the one above is the shape of the remaining edges of the photographs used to make the image. 

I could recreate this image in a scenic landscape (e.g. field), whereas I could recreate the one above in an urban city area (e.g. London.)